Olori Naomi said late Osinachi’s songs ministered to her while advising women to stop seeking public validation and learn to accept not all marriages work
By Kehinde Okeowo
The estranged wife of Ooni of Ife, Evangelist Naomi Silekunola has advised women in abusive marriages to quit before it’s too late, as she pens down a heartwarming tribute to late singer Osinachi Nwachukwu.
Late gospel singer and leading chorister with Dunamis Church, Osinachi died on Friday after she was allegedly assaulted by her husband.
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command, subsequently arrested the widower of the deceased, Peter, over alleged assault, noting that investigation had commenced.
Reacting to the news throwing her verified Instagram page, Olori Naomi said the late Osinachi’s songs ministered to her several times.
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She urged women to know they have the right to say no, get tired of an abusive marriage, cry for help and learn to say no even if the world can’t reason with them.
In the tribute-like post, she also said women should avoid seeking public validation and learn to accept that some marriages are not destined to work.
“Woman, thou art loosed! (Luke 13:12)
You have a right to say no.
It is your right to be tired.
You can put your hands in the air,
Cry for help if you have to;
Say no even if the world can’t reason with you.
” Because, in the grave, they still will not.
Don’t wait until death comes,
In anticipation of a pity party.
Death is the end of hope.
Are you hoping he would come to love you and respect you,
stop mentally, emotionally and physically abusing you?
” If you die, that’s where hope ends.
Call for help, nobody is a saint.
We are all work in progress.
Are you a perfectionist and you want the world to keep seeing the perfect side of you?
Stop playing God.
” Let God be God and man be man.
Accept that it can’t work, if it won’t work.
We always know it when it can’t.
Finally, quit seeking validation.
May the soul of the departed rest in peace
Her song ministered to me a lot of times and even now I say Ekueme!!!!!!!
Rest my lady rest!” she wrote.
Olori Naomi announced her break-up with the Oni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja II, through an Instagram post in December 2021.
She equally renounced her title as ‘Queen’, saying she tried to make the marriage work but the Ooni’s public identity is at variance with “his true self”.
